Masterworks of modern photography, 1900-1940 : the Thomas Walther collection at the Museum of Modern Art, New York / Sarah Hermanson Meister.

The fecundity of the photographic medium between the first and second world wars can be attributed to the circulation of people, of ideas, of images, and of objects that was a hallmark of that era in Europe and the United States. Voluntary and involuntary migration, publications distributed and read...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meister, Sarah Hermanson (Author)
Corporate Authors: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (Host institution, Publisher)
Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana (Host institution)
Jeu de paume (Gallery : France) (Host institution)
CAMERA-Centro italiano per la fotografia (Host institution)
Language:English
Published: Milano : Silvana Editoriale, in association with the Museum of Modern Art, New York, [2021]
Subjects:
Photography, Artistic > Exhibitions.
Photography > Europe > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Photography > United States > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Modernism (Art) > Europe > Exhibitions.
Modernism (Art) > United States > Exhibitions.
Walther, Thomas > Photograph collections > Exhibitions.
Photograph collections > New York (State) > New York > Exhibitions.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) > Photograph collections > Exhibitions.
Walther, Thomas.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Modernism (Art)
Photograph collections.
Photography.
Photography, Artistic.
Europe.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
1900-1999
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Physical Description:207 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 32 cm
Variant Title:
Thomas Walther collection at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / Tobia Bezzola and Walter Guadagnini
  • Transatlantisch/Transatlantic / Sarah Hermanson Meister
  • Plates
  • Artist's life
  • Purisms
  • Symphony of a great city
  • The modern world
  • Experiments in form
  • Magic realisms
  • Checklist of the exhibition
  • For further reading.